Hey Hi
I, Sunil Rana (Electrical & Electronics Engg)attended the off-campus placement drive of TCS on 24th of May conducted in Vardhaman Engg College in Hyderabad. I would like to share my experience whch wud certainly help u in cracking n bagging d job, i cleared till the last round but wasnt anticipating ny call from TCS as i had an offer to join in another IT firm,i left TCS.
it was like 4 days of drive as der wer around 6000 students who wer appearin 4 TCS. each day 1500 wer cald for 4 consecutive days...(Cut- Throat Competition)
It was a complete shocker 4 evry1 as we discovered dat TCS written test was entirely changed.. A ppt was arranged as we entered in to hall.....
ranodeep sen, hr described about the company profile n also about TATA empire...if possible note down some points whch mite be askd in interview
He said dat with our batch written test is cpmpletely changed n it was based on TOUCHSTONE S/W whch was about to realease in the market. It was designd by IIT Chennai students n consisted of around 3Lacs Que in its database..The test copmrised of 35 Ques to be answered in 60 mins whcn can come from ny of dese 3 lak questions.The actual game was that there was negative marking of -0.33 marks whch means 1 marks will be deducted for every 3 incorrect answers n d hr instructed few points about how 2 login n filling up d details(der was no confusion..it was very clear)
we wer made to go in batches n write the computer based test(Touchstone)

Trust me ,it was very user frndly n test was very very easy provided u must have gud verbal ability n analytical reasoning. the questions wer very lengthy of 9-10lines each, the answer to d question lies in only 2-3 lines whch was quite confusing..it is the ability of d candidate to understand n answer

Fr Instance: X is 3 years yunger to Y. X's father is a businessman who invested 10000/- at 8% rate of interest n obtained his amount after 10 years. Y's father is a job holder who invested around 20000 at 2% rate n obtained his amount after 20 years.Now Compunded both of dem get around ABC rs/-(dnt remenbr).After 5 years the ratio of ages of X n Y is 1:2. Now X's father is 20 years older to Y n Y' father is 30 years more than X. After 20 years again
X's mother asks X's father to purchase a LCD TV whch costs around 45000/-. what is the age of X n Y together?

Here in d above question the answer lies in considering two statements 2gether i.e "X is 3 years yunger to Y" n "After 5 years the ratio of ages of X n Y is 1:2"
so most of the questions wer of this type whch was very very easy....some questions arised from

Time n Distance a fibonacci series question

the que was: (it was also a lengthy que but i am shortening it)if the first 3 no.s are 1,3,8...so on (fibonacci series) den at whch postion will u get 143?

Some wer from Problem on Ages, Probabilty, Reasonig, problem on Numbers(3 que very easy based on (a3-b3) formulas n (a+b)2=a2+b2+2ab), Circle problems , Mind Boggling Ques.etc which wer very easy.

a single analogy ques: people:democracy::wealth: X.....X is a)oligarchy b)anarchy c)monarchy d)democracy ans: A

NO SYNONYMS N ANTONYMS OR NO PASSAGES
i answered around 28 of the questions which i was expexting all wer corect. honestly speking the time wasnt sufiicient...i was pretty confident dat i will clear d written test
n yes after 1 week i got an email regarding interview call in the same college.

My interview was scheduled around 2pm. We wer provided with a TCS application form whch we needed to fill n staple the resume along with it...Now a senior associate of TCS(around 60 years of age) came to adress abt the company profile(dis time in detail) n also discussed abt d job profile...it was related to "IT INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT SERVICES" whch included technologies like CLOUD COMPUTING N REMOTE INFRSTRCTR etc
after 45 mins of boring ppt...we wer asked to go to the panel room(Interview room)
Der wer 2 rounds Tech N HR
First Tech.....i was bit nervous but confident..i askd a student who just came outside from d panel room...he said dat he was bombarded with C & Java question only for around 25 mins(he didnt clear later) n den i wnt in to....
Hr: Tell me abt urslf?
Me: answrd
Hr:So u com from EEE dept?
Me: Yes
Hr: Wht r d latest advncmnts in EEE indusry
Me: Answered with full confidence
Hr: Askd abt my project
Me: Answrd
Hr: U come from EE dept den y It?
Me: Answrd
Hr: How can u compete cs & it students if ur selected?
Me: I told hm dat i will not work for competing but will work hand in hand with cs & it students for team effort n achieving desired objectives n yes if i will get ny kind of doubts i will dfntly clear my doubts by asking dem
Hr: (Impressed) Superb..dats what we r looking out 4? grt
Me:(i was flying) again siad some points
Hr: Askd what do u knw abt C Language?
me: Answred Confidently
Hr: So what is mean by HVDC n FACTS? Explain 2 me as if i am a layman?
me: (i mentioned it in my resume) answerd him giving him correct explanation
Hr: Gud
Gave me a case scenario n i told him
askd me to leave the room
den all of us wer askd to sit in a classroom after Tech interview is over
many of dem wer rejected(huge elimination)...fortunately i was selected...
Den HR interview whch was a cakewalk
same que: career plans, y it? y tcs? askd few ques whc wer explained in seminar(note down points during seminar)...ru ok in working in nite shifts? i said yes(tricky que) askd me to leave
Dey said dat the results will be announced after 3 days (email)
I wasnt serious bcoz i already had an offer in my hand n had 2 join b4 announcement of results of TCS. So i didnt want to take ny risk
So frnds i hope my experience wud dfntly help u in ur preapration.
Remember "With Gud Preparation a dull candidate can overscore a highly proficient candidate"
So work hard n all the best in ur endeavour.....!
Signing off

Some questions which i remember are

1.area of trapezium?
2.if a person moves 15km straight and turns 45km right and moves 15km straight then how much distance he needs to walk to reach starting point?
3.if pqrstu implies qrstuv then abcdefg implies what?
4.if there are 30 cans out of them one is poisoned if a person tastes very little he will die within 14 hours so if
there are mice to test and 24 hours ,how many mices are required to find the poisoned can?
5.if atlantic is found in atlantic ocean ,india is found in
indian ocean then which of the following cases are true
6.if a and b are mixed in 3:5 ration and b,c are mixed in 8:5 ration if the final mixture is 35 litres,find the amount
of b in the final mixture
7.1!+2!+....50!=?